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Hospital doctors,Medical trainees

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Module length

1 hour

Target audience

Hospital doctors,
Medical trainees

Herpes B virus

A fact file module highlighting the recognition, differential diagnosis, investigation, and initial management of this rare
but important infectious disease, with a case based final assessment to help you put your knowledge into practice.

This module forms part of the following courses:

Learning outcomes

After completing this module, you should know:

When to suspect herpes B virus

How to diagnose herpes B virus

How to treat herpes B virus

When to report and refer affected patients.

Alert! Consider coronavirus disease 2019 in any patient with symptoms including cough, fever, dyspnoea, myalgia, and fatigue;
take infection control precautions and follow local guidelines. This module has not been updated to include specific information
on COVID-19.

Contributors:

BMJ Learning clinical editors

BMJ Learning clinical editors

BMJ Learning clinical editors

Peer reviewed by:

Louisa Chapman

Louisa Chapman

Louisa Chapman

Biography
:

Dr Louisa E Chapman MD is a Captain in the US Public Health Service, as well as an Associate Director for Science and Senior
Medical Epidemiologist for the Division of Public Health Information Dissemination, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology,
and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, US.

Disclosure
:

LEC is the author of a reference cited in this module. The views included in this topic are those of the authors, and do not
necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of Health.

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University of Health Sciences Lahore

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